Kissimmee Commission To Review Salary Of City Fire Chief

May 6, 1986

KISSIMMEE — The city commission will review Fire Chief Ken Kemp's $45,364 yearly salary -- one of the highest in the city -- at today's meeting.

Kemp received a $6,000 salary boost salary Jan. 1 when he began managing the new west U.S. Highway 192 fire district; the additional money makes him one of the highest paid officials in the city, earning only $1,500 less than City Manager Richard Simmons.

Kemp said the additional $6,000 is part of $586,000 coming from the county to pay for the fire district. Of that money, $19,000 was earmarked for administration, and personnel director Kathy Gaylor used a formula to determine how much of an increase Kemp should receive for managing the new district, Kemp said.

''The only mistake, possibly, is we didn't clear it with the city commission,'' he said. A.B. Preston, who was city manager at that time, signed the paper approving the increase.

Simmons said he would give a report on the raise for Kemp at the 6 p.m. meeting at city hall.

Kemp has been fire chief since 1977; his starting salary as chief was $17,000. He joined the city in 1965.